Your daily dose of San Diego Chargers news & notes from around the web. NFL Teams Showing Interest In Rugby Stars - Zach LinksLast year, rugby star Jarryd Hayne signed with the 49ers and tried his hand at the NFL. His stay in the league was short, but there are now a pair of rugby standouts that are hoping to follow his footsteps. Australian Rugby League players Valentine Holmes and Jason Taumalolo tried out for teams on Saturday, as Howard Balzer of BalzerFootball.com tweets. Lowest-graded players in NFL Week 12 - Bryson VesnaverMost of Franklin’s grade resulted from his poor pass...

The Chargers were able to win the game, but there were still some familiar problems that appeared. The San Diego Chargers were able to defeat the Houston Texans led by a strong defensive performance. The offense took advantage of turnovers and was able to put up enough points to hold off the Texans. As always, Chargers games are full of negatives. The offensive line struggled, Craig Mager was Craig Mager and Antonio Gates was nowhere to be found. The Offensive Line As our own Richard Wade put it... Tom Telesco should really consider trying to build an NFL-caliber offensive line for next...

Let’s say all Antonio Gates has accomplished is living up to the ability God gave him. Let us assume, for the sake of this appreciative argument, that Gates came out of the womb able to make a 10-foot turnaround jumper and run a pivot route and that for the last 36 years he simply built to now...

Just an awful game all round. First Quarter: The Chargers started with the ball on offense, but an Antonio Gates drop on third down meant that the Chargers had to punt it away. The Dolphins looked unstoppable for a time with power running and quick passing, but a Brandon Flowers run stuff and a third down sack by Melvin Ingram took the Dolphins out of FG range. The Chargers started with terrible field position and were quickly forced to punt again - the Dolphins muffed the punt, but were lucky to fall on it for their second fumble recovery in three drives (they recovered the ball after...